The 10 most important things in the world right now

U.S.
President Donald Trump talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping as
Xi arrives for dinner at the start of their summit at Trump’s
Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. April 6,
2017.REUTERS/Carlos
Barria

Hello! Here's what you need to know on Friday.

1.
The US launched 59 cruise missiles at Syria in
response to a chemical attack that killed at least 80 people in
the northwestern part of the country on Monday. The Tomahawk
missiles were the first US strikes on the Assad regime in six
years.